Asian Studies

It is with great sadness that we share news of the sudden death of Professor Adrian Tien, B.A. (A.N.U.), B.MUS. (H.K.U. UTRECHT), M.A. (A.N.U.), PH.D. (N.E. AUSTRALIA). Professor Tien passed away on 30 April 2018 following a short illness. He joined Trinity College in 2015, and was the founding course director of the M.Phil. in Chinese Studies. An internationally renowned linguist and musicologist, he was a very dear friend, teacher and colleague who will be greatly missed by all who knew him. We extend our condolences to his family and friends across the world. 未知死, 焉知生.

The work of TCAS instructor Mr Chang Zhang has been included in an international repository of good practices in language learning involving ICT. The repository is managed by the E-Lengua project, coordinated by the University of Salamanca. "The Story of Chinese Characters" provides a flipped classroom assisted by the use of a series of educational videos, implemented in the intermediate level Mandarin Chinese classes in TCD in 2017-18.

Our cutting-edge taught Master's in Chinese Studies is now available as a one-year intensive course as well as a two-year part-time programme. Designed for those with a global mindset, this qualification will develop your in-depth knowledge and understanding of contemporary China within a comparative, global context, and enhance your international career prospects. Online course and scholarship applications now open. Apply before 30 June 2018.

The Trinity Centre for Asian Studies is offering two fully funded PhD scholarships, covering fees (either EU or Non-EU) plus an annual stipend of €16,000 per year for four years, in "China, Ireland and Empire" (Supervisor: Dr Isabella Jackson) and "Multilingualism in Hong Kong" (Supervisor: Dr Lorna Carson). Please contact the prospective supervisor about your project before submitting your application. The deadline is 30 June 2018, for a start date of 1 September 2018.

Join us for the last of this term's TCAS Public Evening Lectures. Venue: Arts Building Room 3074 on Tuesday 3 April, from 6.30pm - 8pm. This public lecture, delivered by Dr Dong-Jin Kim, will review the Korean peace process and the role played by civil society from the perspective of strategic peacebuilding. Will the summit between South and North Korea, and between US and North Korea finally bring peace in the Korean peninsula? The Post-Cold War era witnessed a dramatic rise in breakthroughs for peace processes, including the Korean peninsula, between parties mired in deep-rooted conflict. However, many such processes broke down within a short period of time. During this time, the concept of ‘strategic peacebuilding’ was developed by peace researchers to meet the demand for a sustainable peace. Dr Kim is an Irish Research Council Fellow at the Irish School of Ecumenics, TCD.